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For the last few months, the Bowen Island Municipality (BIM) has been working to update bylaws that relate to private moorage, partly in response to the construction of large docks at Cape Roger Curtis.

It doesn't take long for a pair of cats to produce a litter if they are "intact," says Iris Carr, founding member of the Coast Animal Welfare and Education Society (CAWES).

If you've driven across the island on a rainy fall night you may be all too familiar with the last minute realization that what you thought was a leaf blowing across your lane is actually a frog, or more likely in most cases, was a frog.

New signs will soon remind islanders not to drive a car or a boat under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The signs were presented to the public at Bowfest on August 24, says Cpl. Nancy Joyce of the Bowen Island RCMP.

On September 5, 6 and 7, women will have the opportunity to get a mammogram on Bowen Island at Dr. Zandy's office (101 - 495 Bowen Trunk Road), downstairs from Cates Pharmacy. "The Screening Mammography Program provides mammograms to B.C.

At Fairy Fen, the tracks of ATVs and off-road vehicles are coming dangerously close to the nature reserve, says Jennifer Eliason of the Islands Trust Fund.

Cleaning up the ocean floor is becoming a habit on Bowen Island as Dive Against Debris III is set to go at Sandy Beach in Deep Bay on Saturday, September 7.

As an island community, Bowen is dependent on the ferry, says Adam Holbrook, chair of the Bowen Island Municipal Transportation Advisory Committee, who presented his views about transportation issues to council last month.

Bowen Island has a ratio of about 60 per cent private land to 40 per cent Crown land and developer John Reid hopes to see a shift in that balance. He brings out a Bowen Island map that is marked with green spaces and a trail system.

Community engagement and volunteering are alive and well on Bowen Island, as was evident from the many substantial Citizen of the Year nominations. The list of submissions included four individuals and two couples.